Results 5,101-5,120 of 20,735 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Bond Repayments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I have been there and won the jersey. There are no benefits.
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Placements (3 Dec 2013)
Mattie McGrath: 187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection who is the person responsible for ensuring that JobBridge participants are not taken advantage of and that participants are employed on their stated projects; the avenue available to those who have taken up a JobBridge placement and who have found they are not gaining the experience promised to them; the total number of persons currently in...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (3 Dec 2013)
Mattie McGrath: 442. To ask the Minister for Health the decision by the Health Service Executive not to assess over 70's medical card applications on medical grounds; the way a person over 70 can be expected to make under 70's application form and be assessed as an under 70; where is it published that over 70's with medical circumstances must submit a MC1 application form; when this change in policy was...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to be part of this process of engagement with the chairman-designate. I welcome our guest and I thank him for his efforts to answer the questions from members. However, his answers to some of the questions leave more questions unanswered. I note he has a very interesting career roadmap charted through his career in various Departments and in the Department of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I asked about qualifications.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Can I get a reply? It was a serious question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)
Mattie McGrath: People are asking these questions. Why I am here? I am a Teachta Dála, a messenger for the people.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I am a messenger of the people. The Chairman should not forget that. People have been trodden on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I never said Mr. O'Connor did.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)
Mattie McGrath: No. I never said that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Fact.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I got no answers. Some of my points obviously were not questions. Mr. O'Connor has made an alarming statement that he was not aware or was not involved. Surely when he was asked by the Minister to take up this role, he troubled himself to inquire into what was happening. There is no point in saying that he was not aware of what happened during the consultation. He was asked to do this...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)
Mattie McGrath: That is what I said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I was not asking about Dungarvan. I was inquiring as to the role of EirGrid's CEO that Mr. O'Connor was taking over and its functions. I was not talking about the Dungarvan Observer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Yes. I am sorry.
- Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)
Mattie McGrath: He is coming at anglers from all angles.
- Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I welcome the Tánaiste's commitments to a debate on the Smithwick tribunal. Apropos of that whole situation, and tribunals and investigations under the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill, the Omagh bomb families have been promised meetings with the Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence and the Taoiseach. Has the Minister or the Taoiseach met them as promised?...
- Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)
Mattie McGrath: No pressure.
- Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)
Mattie McGrath: They will not be taken.
- Topical Issue Debate: Rural Transport Services Provision (4 Dec 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this very important issue. I am delighted the Minister of State is in the House. In the previous response the Minister mentioned strengthening connections in rural Ireland. Ring a Link is a three county project between south Tipperary, Carlow and Kilkenny. It fits the bill neatly for what the Minister is trying to do in reducing the...